We placed coils within the aneurysm to spare as many distal pulmonary artery branches as possible and to preserve any residual pulmonary function distal to the aneurysm. Placing coils within an ...

There are a number of case reports of pulmonary artery aneurysm in pulmonahypertension, which are seen increasingly often given the increasing life expectancy. The most important complications ...

A 42-year-old male presented with recurrent hemoptysis owing to a leaking peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysm. He was treated with selective coil embolization of the right posterior basal ...

Aneurysms (AN) of right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) following tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) repair were analyzed in 53 pts. Pulmonary-to-aortic root ratio, subpulmonic chamber size and ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is one of five types of pulmonary hypertension. It happens when the blood vessels in your lungs narrow and scar so much that it’s hard for blood to move ...

Although an aneurysm can occur in any artery of the body, it is most common in the abdominal aorta and the iliac arteries. While the aorta’s diameter normally ranges from 2-3 cm (1 ½ inches), an ...

The location of an aneurysm is also important. Aneurysms on blood vessels located in the back half of the brain (vertebral arteries, the basilar artery, and the posterior communicating artery) are at ...

"We really have to stop treating women as if they were small men," a surgeon says in response to a study of women's higher ...

Because pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) often causes shortness of breath, swelling, and fatigue, exercise may seem like the last thing you should do. But the right kind -- with your doctor ...

There is a semilunar valve where the aorta leaves the left ventricle and another where the pulmonary artery leaves the right ventricle. Blood vessels leading into and out of the heart There are ...

All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...